It's Gettin Hot In Herre....

Most of you all 35 and below can probably finish the lyrics of Nelly's Hot In Herre, and the title of this blog. For those of you who cannot appreciate hip-hop/rap music, the line ends,"so take off all your clothes." Thus the real reason why I decided to post.

Naked (or nekkit if your from Tx) is how we found a young man last week. The call came in as a "fall." We entered an apartment complex to find a young man about 18 years old, 110 pounds, lying "butt freakin nekkit" on the sidewalk in front of an apartment that wasn't his. Some kind bystander placed a wash cloth over is you know what. He has a good sized strawberry and bruising to his right shoulder and right knee. The kid wreaked of alcohol and was obviously not in his right mind. No one seems to have ever seen this guy before, there are kids all over the place peering over the stair rail.

We try and treat him and get him on a backboard and he tries to get away. When I grab his arm, he tries to strong arm me. I'm 2x plus this guys size. I've eaten bigger steaks than this guy. He surrenders shortly there after and we get him into the ambulance at which point he goes unresponsive for several minutes. On the way to the ambulance I was sure to address all the kids. I told them not do to drugs because they will end up like this guy. I tell them to stay in school and graduate. They all nodded their heads. Oh the teachable moments. The guy "comes to" while in the ER. The Dr asks him if he has any family and he says, "solo tu"- only you. I start laughing and the doctor is a little embarrassed but amused as well. What a character.

The story goes something like this. A teenage girl was upstairs when the patient approached her with all his clothes on and tried to hug her. She denies knowing the guy. She says she pushed him away and he took his shirt off. Some time later the guy came back and was fully in the buff, and I guess very proud of his physique. She says he fell over the rail, hit his head and has been lying there for almost 2hrs.

So why wait 2 hours to call 911? She said he came back with no clothes on yet her family had the guys shirt, cell phone, and wallet. I'm no CSI, but some things just don't add up. Her older brothers were there and were being noble and said they covered him up because of all the kids around.

Fry/Wet/Sherm(marijuana dipped/soaked in formaldehyde) can mess people up. These people love to take their clothes off because their body temperatures climb and they sweat profusely. It also makes you lose your inhibitions as do most drugs including alcohol. Could he have been high so high on the wet?

Did the brothers throw him over the rail?

Did the girl slip this guy a date rape drug in his drink, so she could take his stuff?

What do you think happened?

The truth is out there somewhere. Some people say there is no truth, or that truth is whatever you think it is. I struggle with that logic dearly. I know people have different perceptions from past experiences, that shape their reality, but surely there is still truth. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life..." What a crazy statement. What a bold statement. Who else calls themselves the truth? It has been said that Jesus was/is who he said he was/is; he was a big fat liar, or he was insane. For me I believe He is all that he claimed/s to be and more. Who do you say Jesus is? We all have already decided or have not yet made up our minds.